Sand Rush: The Revival of the Beach in Twentieth-Century Los Angeles - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Elsa Devienne, Jenny Price (Foreword by)Publish date:2024-05-01Pages:328
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780197539750ISBN-10:197539750UPC:9780197539750Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United States, Social HistoryBook Topic:20th CenturySize:8.80 x 5.90 x 1.30 inchesWeight:1.3007Product ID:SC997NSMVK
Sand Rush: The Revival of the Beach in Twentieth-Century Los Angeles
The first history of the formidable campaign that transformed Los Angeles into one of the world's greatest coastal metropolises, revealing how the city's man-made shores became the site for the reinvention of seaside leisure and the triumph of modern bodies. The Los Angeles shoreline is one of the most iconic natural landscapes in the United States, if not the world. The vast shores of Santa...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780197539750ISBN-10:197539750UPC:9780197539750Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United States, Social HistoryBook Topic:20th CenturySize:8.80 x 5.90 x 1.30 inchesWeight:1.3007Product ID:SC997NSMVK
Elsa Devienne is Assistant Professor in US History at Northumbria University. Her work has won the Willi Paul Adams Award awarded by the Organization of American Historians for the best book on American history published in a language other than English. She regularly appears on radio, podcasts, and TV shows to speak about her research in English and French.
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